Cohen: Gensler co-leaders resolve disagreements by deferring to each other
Andy Cohen · Inside the world's largest architecture firm (Gensler's Elizabeth Brink & Andy Cohen) · Dec 13, 2025 · at 11:52
Andy Cohen, global co-chair of Gensler, describes how executive co-leaders manage serious disagreements without gridlock.
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“There's so much trust between us as a team that we usually defer to one another. In other words, we both make our case on a discussion and then invariably one of us will say, you know what? You take that one. I trust you. I don't necessarily agree with you, but I trust you. And let's get back together again and discuss this once we explore this possibility. So we're always deferring to one another.”
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